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The Late Late Show (American talk show)

The Late Late Show (American talk show): CBS late-night talk show at 12:37 am, fourth host James Corden 2015-2023 after Craig Ferguson; ended April 2023, distinct from Ireland's RTÉ Late Late Show.

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: CBS late-night talk show hosted by Craig Ferguson (2005–2014) after David Letterman, a Worldwide Pants production; Peabody Award 2009, succeeded by James Corden.

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Late Late Show with James Corden: CBS late-night talk show hosted by James Corden, March 23, 2015 to April 27, 2023, fourth host, known for Carpool Karaoke; ended with no successor host.

The Late Show (franchise)

The Late Show: CBS late-night talk franchise (1993-2026) hosted by David Letterman then Stephen Colbert at the Ed Sullivan Theater, retired by CBS after the May 21, 2026 finale.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was an American late-night talk show on CBS hosted by Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2026, succeeding David Letterman.

The Laundromat (2019 film)

The Laundromat (2019) is Steven Soderbergh's Netflix satirical comedy-drama on the Panama Papers, adapted from Jake Bernstein's Secrecy World, starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas.

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 Ealing Studios comedy directed by Charles Crichton, written by T.E.B. Clarke, starring Alec Guinness as bank clerk Henry Holland, who steals gold bullion and smuggles it as Eiffel Tower paperweights; it won the 1953 Oscar for Best Story and Screenplay.

The Law According to Lidia Poet

The Law According to Lidia Poet (La legge di Lidia Poët) is a Netflix Italian period crime drama (2023–2026, 3 seasons, 18 episodes) starring Matilda De Angelis as Italy's first woman lawyer, inspired by the real Lidia Poët.

The Lawnmower Man (film)

The Lawnmower Man (1992) is a Brett Leonard sci-fi horror film starring Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey, loosely titled after a Stephen King short story, merged from the Cyber God screenplay; King successfully sued to remove his name.

The Lawrence Welk Show

The Lawrence Welk Show: American musical variety series hosted by bandleader Lawrence Welk, airing locally 1951-1955, on ABC 1955-1971, and in syndication 1971-1982, known for "champagne music," the Lennon Sisters, and continuing PBS reruns.

The Laws of Gods and Men

"The Laws of Gods and Men" is Game of Thrones season 4, episode 6 (May 11, 2014), written by Bryan Cogman, directed by Alik Sakharov, centered on Tyrion Lannister's trial for Joffrey's murder and his demand for trial by combat.

The Layover (film)

The Layover (2017) is an American comedy directed by William H. Macy, starring Alexandra Daddario, Kate Upton, and Matt Barr as rivals stranded in St. Louis; it holds a 0% Tomatometer and Metascore 15.

The Lazarus Effect (2015 film)

The Lazarus Effect is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by David Gelb, starring Olivia Wilde and Mark Duplass as medical researchers experimenting with reviving the dead.

The Lazarus Project (TV series)

The Lazarus Project is a British time-loop sci-fi thriller created by Joe Barton, starring Paapa Essiedu as George, who joins a secret organization resetting time to July 1 to avert extinctions. Two seasons (2022, 2023) on Sky Max and TNT; cancelled March 2024.

The Leader (film)

The Leader is a 2026 English-language drama directed by Michael J. Gallagher about the Heaven's Gate cult, starring Tim Blake Nelson as Marshall Applewhite and Vera Farmiga as Bonnie Lu Nettles; it premiered at Tribeca 2026. Distinct from the 2026 Tamil action film Leader.

The Leader (领风者)

The Leader (领风者) is a 2019 seven-episode Chinese animated biographical series on Karl Marx, produced with state Marxist-theory backing, aired on Bilibili, aimed at teenagers, with mixed reviews.

The League

The League (2009–2015) is an FX/FXX semi-improvised sitcom created by Jeff and Jackie Marcus Schaffer about six friends in a fantasy football league, starring Mark Duplass, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, and Katie Aselton over seven seasons.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) is a Stephen Norrington film for 20th Century Fox, based on Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic, starring Sean Connery as Allan Quatermain; it grossed $66.4 million against a $78 million budget and scored 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen: British dark comedy series on BBC Two (1999-2002) by Gatiss, Pemberton, Shearsmith, and Dyson, set in Royston Vasey; Perrier, BAFTA, Golden Rose winner.

The League of Gentlemen (1960 film)

The League of Gentlemen is a 1960 British crime caper directed by Basil Dearden, in which a retired colonel recruits seven disgraced ex-army officers for a London bank robbery.

The Learned Ladies

The Learned Ladies (Les Femmes savantes), also translated as The Learned Women, is a comedy in verse by Molière, first performed in Paris in 1672, satirizing pretentious learning.

The Ledge (film)

The Ledge (2011) is a drama-thriller written and directed by Matthew Chapman, starring Charlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson, and Terrence Howard. An atheist is forced onto a ledge by his fundamentalist Christian neighbor; released July 8, 2011 by IFC Films, rated R, Metascore 34.

The Left Ear

The Left Ear (左耳) is a 2015 Chinese coming-of-age drama, Alec Su's directorial debut, adapted from Rao Xueman's novel, starring Chen Duling, Ou Hao, Yang Yang, and Ma Sichun; it earned 500 million yuan and Golden Horse nominations.

The Left Handed Gun

The Left Handed Gun is Arthur Penn's 1958 Western debut, starring Paul Newman as a psychologically troubled Billy the Kid, adapted from Gore Vidal's 1955 teleplay The Death of Billy the Kid; the title's left-handed premise is a myth from a reversed photograph.

The Leftovers (TV series)

The Leftovers, HBO drama by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta (2014–2017), adapted from Perrotta's novel; three seasons on those left behind after the unexplained Sudden Departure of 2% of the world's population.

The Legend (1993 film)

The Legend, released in Hong Kong as Fong Sai-Yuk (方世玉), is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts action-comedy directed by Corey Yuen, starring Jet Li as folk hero Fong Sai Yuk.

The Legend (2022 film)

The Legend (தி லெஜண்ட்), 2022 Tamil action drama directed by JD–Jerry, starring entrepreneur Legend Saravanan in his debut with Urvashi Rautela; scientist fights pharma mafia over a diabetes cure; released 28 July 2022 in five languages.

The Legend (태왕사신기) (TV series)

The Legend (태왕사신기, Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi) is a 2007 MBC South Korean fantasy historical drama in 24 episodes about Goguryeo's Gwanggaeto the Great, starring Bae Yong-jun, with a then-record 43 billion won budget, a 13-week ratings streak, and a dismissed 2006 plagiarism suit.

The Legend of 1900

The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano) is a 1998 Italian drama by Giuseppe Tornatore, adapted from Alessandro Baricco's monologue Novecento, starring Tim Roth as a pianist born and raised aboard the liner Virginian who never sets foot on land, with an Ennio Morricone score that won a 2000 Golden Globe.

The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance: Steven Pressfield's 1995 debut novel, a Bhagavad-Gita retelling set in Depression-era Savannah golf, and Robert Redford's 2000 film with Will Smith, Matt Damon, and Charlize Theron.